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Show THE THUNDERBIRD TUESDAY MAY 26, 1987 IACE 9 Entertainment year at SUSC spans bevy of attractions 7 BY Among the year's highlights in arts and entertainment here was the DAWN DE BUSK The biggest highlight of the year sphere of entertainment, an event which crossed over to news and sports, was the USSRUSA Gymnastic Goodwill Tour that took advantage of crowd the Centrum's spaciousness with a sold-oThe Centrum came in handy earlier as well as the Berlin concert during Homecoming week gave Cedar City an opportunity to witness the bigtime If those two events aren't familiar in the mind, walk take the traditional down memory lane and recall the events that made the arts and entertainment year here. The first Friday of fall quarter, ASSUSC's Starlight Club began what became a tradition throughout the year: an night club atmosphere and comedy showcases ranging from Pat Hanefin of the Comedy Store to Ron Darian. Meanwhile the theatre department began charging $1 for its mainstage production as a The result of insufficiently alotted student fees. distinguished water color artist, Milford Zornes, displayed his works in the Braithwaite Fine Arts Museum for the month of October n The week of October 21 promised entertainment with the homecoming preparation the campus proffered everything from dance by the Sojourners to song by Natalie Frehner-Water- s Homecoming week ended with the Berlin concert while The Rainmakers, whose spread in Rolling Stone graced magazine racks, served as the opening act Halloween fell cleverly on a weekend last year and the Masque Club cleverly thrilled everyone with its "Theatre of Blood" Spook Alley where the sound of a chainsaw could be heard across g screams campus accompanied by That Halloween weekend, the cast members of Private Lives dress rehearsed for their performance that next week Held over because of sold-ocrowds, Jeff Ingman's play dazzled with wit and holiday extravanganza 'Scrooge,' in the Douglas Baker, director, gives stage directions to kenn Wheeler, who was a perfectly cranky Ebenezer Scrooge The production played to near-sellocrowds for two weeks and the theatre arts staff, due to ithe event's huge popularity, has decided to make it an annual atfair Bob Walkenhorst, (below), lead singer ol the Rainmakers peilormed Homecoming night at the Centrum before Berlin took the stage for the college's gala Homecoming (lett) ut spine-curdlin- ut surprise. A switch from refinement to brash decadence followed when Rocky Horror Picture Show caused more than a lot of ruckus in the Great Hall November 19, garbed men pranced around while water from a fire extinguisher soaked an entire section of the audience; some left disgusted Shortly before Thanksgiving, the drama one-adepartment presented student-directegarter-and-ho- ct d, R. PLAY Scott Phillips-directe- d REVIEW BY DAWN DE BUSK A Life In the Theatre, although and witty, left theatregoers with a funny taste in their mouths as the last scene ended and the lights dimmed. Then the two actors who carried the play's dialogue, Doug Baker and Patrick Page returned to d the stage and took their bows. The final scene completed a circle, but left things unresolved. The play opened humorously with the budding of a friendship at the callboard after a performance and ended with a broken, bitter relationship that never was mended as the two actors left an empty stage at season's end. Does an ending which supercedes "they all lived happily ever after" parallel with reality? If so, A Life In the Theatre is as fast-movi- well-deserve- ut celebration Due largely to the completion and shined as an example plays during the lunch hour and the one-act- s of student talent and were enjoyed by a large audience seated on tables and chairs or standing. Scrooge opened with all of the excitement of traditional Christmas events. The SUSC and community production combined the singing and acting talents of adults and children Kenn Wheeler portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge dastardly well The production played cast did its last show only two for two weeks, the finals before began days SUSC's Cable Channel Nine added two new programs for the " quarter "The Nightly News" and "Sports Talk Selected as a finalist in regional competetion and shown to an SUSC audience during February, the play Sander took first in C competition Sander, brilliantly written by Doug hristensen, was performed by six SUSC students On Nov 22, Kelly Van Hooser pulled a dynam.c leading role in opening of the Agatha Christie's murder mystery A Murder Is Announced which took place under the direction of Scott Phillips and in an intimate circular stage On Jan 22, the Thorley Recital Hall was filled with harmonious sounds of Dixie and SUSC musical faculty's combined efforts Bassoons, pianos, flutes, and Jan Harrison's organ played in honor of President Gerald Sherratt and Dixie's President Douglas Alder The family-oriente- d Brighton Beach Memoirs humored audiences full use of the Centrum, SUSC's 5,300-sea- t special events center classroom facility, the year in and entertainment may well have been the most successful one ever seen on campus hard-worki- in mid-Marc- h. More than 50 members of the SUSC dance faculty and students created a potpourri of dance for April offering a chance for people to view the dance and choreography talent on campus. The end of April led to the Roy Clark concert, the rodeo and gymnastic exhibition The Goodwill Tour ended in the rodeo and the gymnastics exhibitions. May closed the school year with a series of senior recitals, the annual SUSC student art exhibit, the zany Noises Off', A Life In the Theatre, and the SUSC bands' departing concert play gives glimpse of theatre's reality real as the foundation in our homes, the hair on our heads, and what we never can touch but swear we know: heartbreak This play proves to be tough with its heavy dialogue, slit wrists, and sexual innuendos. Dialogue in the play ranges from Page's deep, gruff and sexual "yeah"s and "uh"s to Baker's dramatic drawn-ou- t speeches about language and the theatre. Baker plays the older actor, Robert, while Page is cast as the actor, John. The humor within young, the play causes the 26 scenes to move quicker and caused laughter from the intimately-seate- d audience of who witnessed Baker and Page behind-the-scenvarious plays in nothing but their briefs Underwear was not the only thing exposed Revealing the true character of the actors were emotions and pain and petty arguments. Much of the action had to be assumed by the audience; not everything was in black and white, some was grey and unspoken 3aker and Page's powerful acting created the play's success while the actors cast as stagehands added to its reality. Baker can bring tears to his eyes at the drop of a pin and did so many times. As Page moved from frustration to bawdy southern accent to honest concern, he lit the stage. Both know the value of teamwork. recommend you view this play simply because it is so different than other SUSC productions. There are two cautions: 1 ) Don't bring children younger than about 13, and 2 ) Don't go if you're depressed at the time, because this play won't cheer you up. |